St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-12
"SHOOK" THE IRISH.
Comment on Mr.. Blaine's Great
Hurry in Leaving Ireland.
To the Editor of the Globe


Hurry in Leaving Ireland.
To the Editor of the Globe
After some time and study in consid-
Grafton of the present European trip of
Hon. James G. Blaine, have come to
the conclusion to write my humble
opinion of the man and his actions.
Being an 1riSh-American myself, and
former admirer of Blaine as an Ameri-
can statesman, and as was led to be-
lieve. friend of Ireland and the Irish,
by the 1riSh-American press, Irish
American politicians and by Mr.. Blaines
own letters and speeches (of course dur
ing the campaign, / especially address
whom, like myself, am sure, feel sore
on Blaine now. Mr.. Blaine has a per-
feet right, the same as any other citizen,
to visit Europe, without being continually
dragged or criticised by the public press
or people. He has had the same right
to write his famous articles on the Mica
ragua canal scheme, congress of North
and South American union, ETC., etc.
But he has no right to underestimate
the intelligence of the Irish people
(neither has George Mitsch) to such an
extent as to refuse interference of any
kind IN the release of an American citi-
zen in an English dungeon, as he did in
the cases of Messrs. Sweeney and Boy
ton during the time he was in
a position to demand their I'M
conditional release, as he was
then secretary of state, and there
was then nor never since any specific
charges of any serious kind preferred
against those gentlemen. No news pa
per in America was more bitter against
Secretary Blaine for his carelessness, to
say the least, than the Irish World, of
New York, edited by Patrick Ford now
run into Ireland and, according to the
Associated Press dispatches, sneak or
steal out of it in the dark of night, leav-
ing part of his family after him and
leaving, above all, the trusted statesmen
of lreland'S cause in quandary as to
what was his reason for first accepting
their invitation and after they were al
ready to banquet or receive him in the
capital of Ireland not as Republican
man, he deliberately Sneaked Off and
left his hospitable hosts in the lureh, or
at least a little disappointed, and the
next we hear of Blaine, my Irish-Amer-
lean friends, he is accepting dinners,
banQuetS and parties all over England
and Scotland; goes still further and
makes himself ridiculOusly obnoxious to
at least every true lrlShman when he
hObnObs about or around the Prince of
Wales on more than one occasion, which
he undoubtedly, from all available evil
dence at hand, has done. He can stay
for months in England and Scotland
visiting the Colin Campbells, the Ar
gyleS and the Prince of Wales, of lust
full fame, and could not stay few days
in holy Ireland even at the request of
her most hospitable statesmen and pure
and liberty-loying people. In conclu-
sion, let me say as he has disappointed,
or attempted to do so, the Irish people,
and as he has been a disappointment to
whatever claim he ever did have on the
Irish-American electors of the United
States if he should ever again bob up as
candidate for president or any other
office. EX-BLAINITE.
ST Paul, Sept. 9.